Ion-π interaction in impacting the nonlinear optical properties of ion-buckybowl complexes

Designing a novel material with considerable nonlinear optical responses based on the bicorannulenyl molecule

In this work, a series of molecules decorated with Li atom and donor/acceptor have been theoretically designed based on bicorannulenyl molecule, where incorporating Li and different substitution are used as an effective strategy for enhancing nonlinear optical response. The mixed method is constructed through incorporating the Li and NO₂/NH₂ substitution. To ensure accuracy, results were compared with another two functionals. As expected, data from three different functional approximations indicate that these molecules have large first hyperpolarizability. The calculation proves that these molecules exhibit large first hyperpolarizability in the range of 1956-37,758 au. For Li doped systems, by analyzing NBO, charge transfer occurs in studied molecules, which helps to get large nonlinear optical response. It is revealed that when Li atom is introduced into the molecule with only NO₂/NH₂ substitution, the first hyperpolarizability increases significantly. Compared with Li doped and NO₂ substitution, incorporating Li and NH₂ substitution can be more powerful in increasing the first hyperpolarizabilities of bicorannulenyl molecule. In addition, the number of NH₂ substitutions can more effectively enhance the first hyperpolarizability. We hope that this study could provide a new idea for designing nonlinear optical materials using bicorannulenyl molecule.

Concave binding of cationic Li to quadrannulene

Concave binding of cationic Li to quadrannulene and its influence on buckybowl functionalization are introduced using DFT calculations.